Matthew 26:6-13 - Jesus' Anointing At Bethany

⁶ When Jesus got back to Bethany, to the house of Simon the leper, ⁷ a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive perfume and poured it upon his head, while he was at table. ⁸ When his disciples saw it, they said indignantly, "What was the use of wasting it like that? ⁹ It might have been sold for a large sum, and the money given to the poor."

¹⁰ But Jesus observed this and said to them, "Why do you bother the woman? It is a fine thing that she has done to me. ¹¹ For you always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me. ¹² In pouring this perfume on me she has done something to prepare me for burial. ¹³ I tell you, wherever this good news is preached all over the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."

³ Jesus was in Bethany, at the house of Simon the leper, and as he was at table, a woman came in, with an alabaster flask of pure nard perfume, very expensive; she broke the flask and poured the perfume on his head. ⁴ But there were some who said indignantly to themselves, "What was the use of wasting the perfume like that? ⁵ It might have been sold for more than sixty dollars, and the money have been given to the poor."

⁶ And they grumbled at her. But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you bother her? It is a fine thing that she has done to me. ⁷ For you always have the poor among you, and whenever you please you can do for them, but you will not always have me. ⁸ She has done all she could; she has perfumed my body in preparation for my burial. ⁹ I tell you, wherever the good news is preached all over the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her."